Zoology/Animal Biology
110 colleges offer Zoology/Animal Biology in the College Scorecard data. Graduates leave with an average federal debt of $42,049, from $25,845 at the lowest program to $57,639 at the highest. One year after graduating they earn $24,444 on average, from $15,328 at the lowest program to $33,776 at the highest.
Is a Zoology/Animal Biology degree worth it?
Across 55 bachelor's programs that report earnings, the median pays its graduates $24,443 a year after graduation, and the middle half pay between $22,266 and $27,184. The median for all majors is $37,050. At the median program, graduates who borrowed owe $34,372. Debt is 1.41x first-year earnings, which ranks 137th of 147 majors, where 1st carries the least debt for the pay.
These are earnings one year after graduating, for students who received federal aid. Majors that lead to graduate school, or to careers that start slowly, look worse here than they will ten years on.
Details
- Number of Offering Colleges: 110
- Average Debt on Graduation: $42,049
- Expected Earnings 1 Year After: $24,444
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Median federal loan debt at graduation — the middle value, less affected by extreme outliers
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Earnings ▼
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Median earnings 1 year after graduation for this major
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| Oxford Brookes University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| James Cook University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Beacon College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Purdue University-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Liberty University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| West Texas A & M University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Texas Tech University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Southwestern University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Union University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Charleston Southern University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Keystone College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Franklin and Marshall College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Bucknell University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Muskingum University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Malone University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Akron Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mars Hill University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Utica University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Cornell University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Western New Mexico University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Rutgers University-Newark | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Hastings College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Michigan-Flint | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Massachusetts-Boston | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Hampshire College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Maryland-College Park | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Kentucky | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Kentucky Wesleyan College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Iowa State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Indiana University-Bloomington | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Idaho | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Idaho State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Hawaii at Manoa | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Georgia | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Eckerd College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Delaware | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| San Jose State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| The Master's University and Seminary | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of California-San Diego | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of California-Riverside | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Northern Arizona University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Auburn University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ohio Wesleyan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $15,328 |
| Northern Michigan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $17,593 |
| Lees-McRae College | Bachelor's Degree | $38,709 | No data | $18,174 |
| Frostburg State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $19,865 |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh | Bachelor's Degree | $33,180 | No data | $20,595 |
| Olivet Nazarene University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $21,015 |
| Miami University-Oxford | Bachelor's Degree | $52,279 | No data | $21,040 |
| Unity Environmental University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $21,178 |
| Canisius University | Bachelor's Degree | $35,335 | $28,519 | $21,220 |
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | Bachelor's Degree | $25,845 | No data | $21,258 |
| Delaware Valley University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $21,657 |
| North Dakota State University-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $21,840 |
| Kent State University at Kent | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $25,084 | $21,870 |
| University of Vermont | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $21,951 |
| State University of New York at Oswego | Bachelor's Degree | $27,808 | $25,094 | $22,580 |
| Carroll University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $22,650 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | $39,112 | $38,989 | $22,941 |
| Texas A&M University-College Station | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $23,154 |
| Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $23,264 |
| California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $23,650 |
| Berry College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $23,886 |
| Washington State University | Bachelor's Degree | $40,032 | $27,865 | $23,981 |
| Oregon State University-Cascades Campus | Bachelor's Degree | $49,823 | No data | $24,267 |
| Oregon State University | Bachelor's Degree | $49,823 | No data | $24,267 |
| University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | Bachelor's Degree | $51,110 | $45,140 | $24,331 |
| Michigan State University | Bachelor's Degree | $57,639 | $56,600 | $24,435 |
| Ohio University-Zanesville Campus | Bachelor's Degree | $39,314 | $34,372 | $24,443 |
| Ohio University-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | $39,314 | $34,372 | $24,443 |
| Ohio University-Lancaster Campus | Bachelor's Degree | $39,314 | $34,372 | $24,443 |
| Ohio University-Southern Campus | Bachelor's Degree | $39,314 | $34,372 | $24,443 |
| Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus | Bachelor's Degree | $39,314 | $34,372 | $24,443 |
| Ohio University-Eastern Campus | Bachelor's Degree | $39,314 | $34,372 | $24,443 |
| University of California-Santa Barbara | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $24,510 |
| University of Florida | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $24,610 |
| University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $24,682 |
| Texas State University | Bachelor's Degree | $36,432 | $30,008 | $25,146 |
| Tarleton State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $25,158 |
| Colorado State University-Fort Collins | Bachelor's Degree | $55,580 | $40,000 | $25,599 |
| University of Wyoming | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $26,044 |
| University of Maine | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $26,416 |
| Friends University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $27,006 |
| Utah State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $27,362 |
| Kansas State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $25,699 | $27,468 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $27,864 |
| University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $48,946 | $27,868 |
| University of Connecticut-Stamford | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $48,946 | $27,868 |
| University of Connecticut-Avery Point | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $48,946 | $27,868 |
| University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $48,946 | $27,868 |
| University of Connecticut | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $48,946 | $27,868 |
| Weber State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $28,201 |
| University of New England | Bachelor's Degree | $52,110 | No data | $28,207 |
| University of California-Davis | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $28,474 |
| University of North Dakota | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $28,778 |
| Brigham Young University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $31,142 |
| San Francisco State University | Bachelor's Degree | $44,376 | No data | $33,776 |
| University of Lincoln | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Otago | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Saint Andrews | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Leeds | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mississippi State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Madonna University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |